The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-01-22
NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.

The postoffice appropriation bill for the next
year appropriates S55,6S9,650, 1885, 1877 more
than that for current years.
The interior of the Washington Monument is
now illuminated by seventy five electric lights,
and it is bright as day within.
Gen. W. B. Hazen, Chief Signal Officer, u S..
Army, died in Washington on Sunday. lie was
a native of Vermont and 81 years of age.
Major ]. D. Ferguson, formerly secretary of
the Maryland Jockey Club, has been appointed
examiner of National banks for Maryland and
Delaware.
Congressman Curtin, of Pennsylvania, who
was totally blind of one eye for twenty years,
lately had an operation performed which COM
pletely restored the sight.
The Maryland Democratic Club in Washing
ton has split, and the result is two seperate or
CARNATIONS. The trouble appears to be that
there were not enough offices in the Club to give
one to each member.
The committee on pensions of the House has
voted adversely on the bill to pension Mrs. Logan.
The committee says that Gen. Logan was not a
pensioner and that he did not incur the disabili-
ties which caused his death while in the line of
his duty.
in 1888 President Jackson laid the corner
stone of a monument at Fredericksburg, Va, to
Mary Washington, mother of the llustrious George.
The monument was never completed, and on Mon
day bill was introduced in Congress appropria-
"A Washington paper speaks of the Gutter
heartlessness" of "society" in that city by citing
the fact that a short time ago several hundred
people attended fashionable reception, only
twenty one of whom went to the funeral of the
host, who died suddenly the next day.
Matthews, the colored man from Albany,
whom the President nominated second time for
Recorder of Deeds of the District, has again been
sat upon by the committee OF which the nomina-
tion referred, and this settles the Of Mr..
Matthews, who naturally takes his bad fortune
very much to heart
Secretary Lamar and his bride arrived in
Washington few days ago and went direct to
the Secretary's residence, where they were warm
y received by his daughter and daughter in law.
Mr.. Lamar then went to his department and from
| thence to the White House, where he was warmly
congratulated by the President.
Among those who attended the reception at
| the White House on Friday night of last week
| was Mrs. Sanford, wife of the millionaire Cali
fornia Senator, who wore diamonds valued at
| 100000! Never before such a display of
| precious stones seen in the White House, and, we
| might add, that it would have been better not to
| have seen the like now.
An eminent French artist who was in Wash
| ngton lately, saw Mrs. Cleveland and was infatu-
ated with her beauty. He wrote her polite note
| and made request for sitting, but received no
| answer, at which he was not very well pleased
He was asked if he would make portrait of the
President, and replied, with shrug of the Shout
| ders, ono, no he too ugly"
Two members of Congress-Mr. Daniel, Of
| Virginia, and Mr.. Norwood, of Georgia-are in
veterate "dry-smokers," that is it is rare thing
to see either one Of the gentlemen without an un.
| lit cigar in his mouth, and they enjoy these
"smokes" in the House, at the theatres, in the
| street cars, or wherever they may happen to be
| They are never seen with lighted cigar.
| In going over some old accounts due the Gov
| eminent the Comptroller of the Treasury came
across of 5000 due by Congressman Curtin, Of
| Pa, which had been carried over since that gen.
tleman was Minister to Russia The Comptroller
| informed the Sergeant at Arms of the House Of
| this Indebtedness and demanded the 5000 out Of
the ex-Governor's salary. That official paid the
money and now the account has been wiped from
| the books of the Treasury.